Analysis
HTS 8208.90.60 covers other: other (including parts) under heading 8208 (knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances, and base metal…).
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332216 (Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 775 US establishments employing 25,058 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8208.10.00 | For metal working, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8208.20.00 | For wood working, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8208.30.00 | For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8208.40.30 | For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines, and parts thereof: lawnmower blades | Free |
| 8208.40.60 | For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines, and parts thereof: other (including parts) | Free |
| 8208.90.30 | For shoe machinery | Free |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter